The Peace Room: Women’s Dialogue Across the Belgrade-Pristina Divide | Dialogue Academy Network of Alumnae (DANA)
Women’s Dialogue Across the Belgrade-Pristina Divide (DANA)
Belgrade and Pristina aren’t just places on a map—they’re lived realities. In this episode, DANA members Anja Jokić and Amina Kaja pull peacebuilding out of the abstract and into the daily grind: volunteer work, limited time, low trust, youth fatigue, and the slow craft of building relationships that don’t collapse at the first political storm. They talk about a feminist approach as something practical—women drawing on shared and different lived experiences to shape projects, language learning, mentoring, and community work—while also naming the hard part: you can’t plaster over “the elephant in the room.” From Belfast’s lessons to the Balkans’ pressures at home, the question stays sharp: can long-term human ties outlast the border logic?
The Peace Room
This podcast enters the spaces where official diplomacy rarely looks — the contact zones built by ordinary people. We explore the micro-diplomacy, quiet negotiations, and community stitching that keep fragile societies standing. Each episode uncovers how peace is sustained from below. These are stories of unarmed voices, shared courage, and the everyday work of resilience. This is the world of grassroots peacebuilding, one conversation at a time.
About Anja Jokić
Anja bridges policy, advocacy, and grassroots action across the Western Balkans and Europe. Her work focuses on inclusive participation—especially women’s and youth engagement—and on turning international frameworks like YPS and WPS into concrete, on-the-ground action.
About Amina Kaja
Amina is an activist and medical student from Pristina, and a former Young European Ambassador. She has spent nearly a decade working on youth engagement and community initiatives in Kosovo. In 2024, she received RYCO Prishtina’s Harmony Hero award, and she channels her drive for change through both poetry and activism.
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- feminist peacebuilding
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- Kosovo
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- northern ireland
- OSCE
- OSCE Mission in Kosovo
- OSCE Mission to Serbia
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- reconciliation
- Serbia
- The Peace Room
- trust-building
- Western Balkans
- women peacebuilders
- youth activism
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